The Brief
- Kueth Chuol Ngut, 22, from Minneapolis, is charged with the murder of Lul Dak Chak, 32, from Ames, Iowa, who was shot in St. Paul on September 17.
- Police attempted to stop a fleeing Subaru connected to the crime scene; surveillance footage and witness statements confirmed two men exited the vehicle and fired at Chak.
- Ngut’s girlfriend’s Subaru was linked to the crime; police recovered a matching handgun and a bloodstained towel from Ngut’s apartment, leading to his arrest.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – A Minneapolis man is facing murder charges for a deadly shooting in St. Paul last week in which police say an Iowa man was “targeted and executed” by two gunmen.
Background
On Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 12:20 a.m., St. Paul police responded to reports of a shooting in the parking lot behind the Twelve22 Apartments along University Avenue West, near North Griggs Street.
Officers discovered the victim, later identified as Lul Dak Chak, a 32-year-old man from Ames, Iowa, lying on the ground. Despite emergency efforts, Chak was pronounced dead at the scene.
New details
On Friday, charges were filed against Kueth Chuol Ngut, 22, of Minneapolis, in connection with Chak’s death. Ngut faces two counts of murder, including one under Minnesota’s drive-by shooting statute.
According to the criminal complaint, on the night of the murder, police had attempted to stop a Subaru that had run a red light near Hamline Avenue North and St. Anthony Avenue, approximately two blocks from the shooting scene. However, the driver fled the scene, racing away from police on city streets.…